Welcome to CPS 4!
Introduction to Programming

Spring 2000

Announcements

The KeyboardInteractor is now working! I apologize for the inconvenience,
it was a problem with Java behaving differently on different computers.

The final project is described here. Your
group must mail the professor to
schedule a specific time to demo your final project or catch me when I am in
the classroom. A schedule of TA hours is available here;
more hours may be added to the schedule during the next week, so please
check the schedule often.

Some example code showing how to interact with shapes and the keyboard is available online here or from my public_html/cps004/example directory.

If you have not yet gotten your textbooks, you probably do not need them.

Description

A study of problem-solving and programming using the computer language Java.
Students learn object-oriented techniques to construct programs using existing
software components by solving a variety of symbolic and numeric problems.
Students will also examine the social, educational, and ethical impact of
computers on modern society.

This is a new course that will be taught in a new format! All class meetings will be held in an Interactive Computer Classroom containing
20 HP workstations where students will be expected to be active participants
during in-class group exercises.

This courses is not recommended for students who want to continue to take
courses in the Computer
Science Department; see the guide
for choosing a computer science course for more information.

Feedback

The computer science department at Duke aims to excel in education and research. To ensure that our courses
fulfill the needs and expectations of students in our courses, students can submit
comments anonymously about this computer science course. These comments will be read only by the
Director of Undergraduate Studies for Teaching and Learning and the
professor teaching the course. Our goal is to adapt the subject and delivery of our courses to meet student needs while
maintaining our high standards.

CPS 4 runs on your comments -- especially this semester while we are
experimenting with both the course's content and format. If you do not speak up, we will
assume everything is fine, which may not be an accurate impression. So,
please speak up.